NY A 6447
in committeeAllows retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits
New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did NY A 6447 pass?
Not yet. NY A 6447 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
What is NY A 6447 about?
Allows retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits; empowers the superintendent of state police to approve such service.
Who sponsors NY A 6447?
Joe DeStefano is the primary sponsor of NY A 6447, joined by 19 cosponsors.
Description
Allows retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits; empowers the superintendent of state police to approve such service.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Joe DeStefanoprimary
- Kalman Yegercosponsor
- Matthew Simpsoncosponsor
- Eric Browncosponsor
- Joe Angelinocosponsor
- Paula Bolognacosponsor
- Angelo J. Morinellocosponsor
- David McDonoughcosponsor
- Lester Changcosponsor
- Karl Brabeneccosponsor
- Joseph Sempolinskicosponsor
- Stephen Hawleycosponsor
- Phil Steckcosponsor
- Chris Taguecosponsor
- Anil Beephan Jr.cosponsor
- Edward Racosponsor
- Doug Smithcosponsor
- William Coltoncosponsor
- Alec Brook-Krasnycosponsor
- Jake Ryan Blumencranzcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-03-05
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
referral-committee
2025-05-28
HELD FOR CONSIDERATION IN GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
failure
2026-01-07
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES
referral-committee
Versions
- A6447Compare
Documents
Votes
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Related bills
- Prior session: S 8950not in this corpus
- Prior session: S 1881not in this corpus
- Prior session: A 9300not in this corpus
- Prior session: A 4782not in this corpus
- Companion bill: S 1521
Official source
Attribution
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